Laboratory animal production (e.g., guinea pigs, mice, rats) · New York

Taconic Biosciences, Inc. Germantown Facility

Germantown, NY · ~244 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.3
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Taconic Biosciences, Inc. Germantown Facility runs at 207% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Laboratory animal production (e.g., guinea pigs, mice, rats) workplace, earning a grade F.

Taconic Biosciences, Inc. Germantown Facility: 9.3 TCR = 207% of Laboratory animal production (e.g., guinea pigs, mice, rats) BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Taconic Biosciences, Inc. Germantown Facility safety composite

Taconic Biosciences, Inc. Germantown Facility scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 15%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

F

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

TCR Δ

−1.0

2016→2020

Taconic Biosciences, Inc. Germantown Facility injury rate improved

Taconic Biosciences, Inc. Germantown Facility's TCR fell 1.0 from 8.1 in 2016 to 7.1 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 12.7 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.62× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.1 · 2017=5.8 · 2018=12.7 · 2019=12.7 · 2020=7.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 112990 · Germantown, NY ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 9.3 · 207% of ind

  • DART 5.8 DART
  • RANK #6/8
  • PHOTO Schwertner Farms, Inc.
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 92 inj
  • SIZE ~244 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Schwertner Farms, Inc. (0.3 TCR gap)

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Taconic Biosciences, Inc. Germantown Facility in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Taconic Biosciences, Inc. Germantown Facility averages 9.3 TCR (207% of the Laboratory animal production (e.g., guinea pigs, mice, rats) BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Taconic Biosciences, Inc. Germantown Facility TCR series: 2016=8.1 · 2017=5.8 · 2018=12.7 · 2019=12.7 · 2020=7.1 · BLS 4.5

Where Taconic Biosciences, Inc. Germantown Facility falls in its industry

34 Laboratory animal production ( establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 8 Laboratory animal production ( employers in New York.

Taconic Biosciences, Inc. Germantown Facility (244 employees, TCR 9.3) among 26 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 50 employees and a TCR of 4.9 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 27 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Taconic Biosciences, Inc. Germantown Facility
Taconic Biosciences, Inc. Germantown Facility (244 employees, TCR 9.3) among 26 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 50 employees and a TCR of 4.9

Taconic Biosciences, Inc. Germantown Facility has more employees than the Laboratory animal production (e.g., guin median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.9. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2020 7.1 5.8 14 2 0
2019 12.7 8.6 27 4 0
2018 12.7 7.8 25 6 0
2017 5.8 3.7 13 1 0
2016 8.1 1.4 13 4 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

112990 · NY · Germantown

34 Laboratory animal production (e.g., guinea pigs, mice, rats) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 3 employers in Germantown, NY · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Schwertner Farms, Inc. 9.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Expo12 8.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Taconic Biosciences, Inc. Germantown Campus 10.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Caza Ranches - Wyoming Ranches 8.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE National Fuel Gas Distribution Mineral Springs Servicenter 244 FTE
STATE-SIZE New York NY Svc Tmobile 244 FTE
STATE-SIZE Saputo Dairy Foods USA 244 FTE
STATE-SIZE Diamond Paper Box Company, dba Diamond Packaging 244 FTE
CITY-NEAR Taconic Biosciences, Inc. Germantown Satellite Facility 21 FTE
NAT-TCR Morries Cadillac 9.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 2253-H4615 9.3 TCR
NAT-TCR STS Brake & Tire Warehouse 9.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Good Samaritan Hospital (CA) 9.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Carilion Clinic Stonewall Jackson Co. 08 244 FTE
NAT-SIZE Meijer Store 161 244 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ace Hardware Retail Support Center, Gainesville 244 FTE
NAT-SIZE Meijer #278 244 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.